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<h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a Mount Update Policy </h1>
<div><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_en-us_topic_0000001123352147_p629911415014">When creating a live mount, you can associate the live mount with a mount update policy. After the association, the mounted copies are updated based on the mount update policy.</p>
<div class="section" id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_section67181941524"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_en-us_topic_0000001090318017_ol2942173118420"><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li10796132225712"><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol363118811524"><b><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text1363188195219"><strong>Explore</strong></span> &gt; <span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text1632191017433"><strong>Data Utilization Policies</strong></span> &gt; <span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text591602852419"><strong>Mount Update Policies</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li883010469286"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol" id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_uicontrol6830134610289"><b>Create</b></span> to create a mount update policy.</span><p><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p1932511477282"><a href="#vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_table1885805992814">Table 1</a> describes the related parameters.</p>

<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_table1885805992814"></a><a name="en-us_topic_0000001792344082_table1885805992814"></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_table1885805992814" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><b>Table 1 </b>Parameters of mount update policies</caption><colgroup><col style="width:32.15%"><col style="width:67.85%"></colgroup><thead align="left"><tr id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_row885895992810"><th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="32.15%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1"><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p3858359172817">Parameter</p>
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<th align="left" class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="67.85%" id="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2"><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p2085815914286">Description</p>
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<tbody><tr id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_row1285818592286"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="32.15%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p158581596282"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text8516142712455"><strong>Name</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="67.85%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p14858195916284">Name of a mount update policy, which can be customized.</p>
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<tr id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_row2858185972814"><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="32.15%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.1 "><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p13858135911283"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text142181132104811"><strong>Copy Data</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="67.85%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p148581059192814">Select the latest copy in a certain period to mount. If no copy is generated within a specified period, mount copies are not updated.</p>
<ul id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_ul121553611533"><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li676011513562"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text4715112914311"><strong>Last hour</strong></span>: The latest copy generated in the last hour is selected.<p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p7510044174917">For example, if the current time is 16:30, the latest copy generated from 15:00 to 16:00 is selected.</p>
</li><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li4974134015316"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text127144510316"><strong>Last day</strong></span>: The latest copy generated in the last day is selected.<p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p19545195611522">For example, if the current date is January 30, the latest copy generated on January 29 is selected.</p>
</li><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li6990144615531"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text114557149420"><strong>Last week</strong></span>: The latest copy generated in the last week is selected.<p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p4313723978">For example, if the current week is the fifth week in 2021, the latest copy generated in the fourth week in 2021 is selected.</p>
</li><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li138681249205315"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text279412261942"><strong>Last month</strong></span>: The latest copy generated in the last month is selected.<p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p7985115311718">For example, if the current month is December, the latest copy generated in November is selected.</p>
</li><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li16343856121910"><span id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_text1692519574418"><strong>Latest copy</strong></span>: The latest copy is selected.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="67.85%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p1297531492118">Interval for updating mount copies.</p>
<ul id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_ul129366442212"><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li149361144220">Update mount copies every <em id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_i19563105103011">xx</em> hours, days, or weeks and set the time when mount copies are updated for the first time.<p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p15763113165913">If the preset update time is earlier than the current time, live mount is executed based on the scheduling plan.</p>
</li><li id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_li1642915355220">Mount copies are updated immediately after a backup is complete.</li></ul>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="67.85%" headers="mcps1.3.2.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p10629310142313">Retention period of unmounted copies after mount copies are updated.</p>
<p id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_p11637242202712">You can set the retention period to <em id="vmware_gud_0072__en-us_topic_0000001792344082_i102471710983">xx</em> days, weeks, months, or years. You can also retain copies permanently or retain only the latest copy.</p>
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